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If anyone worked in radio back when, there were daily code words that you had to match to the wire to indicate it was a real emergency and activate the EBS. I remember there was a list of these sent every month.
Going from memory:
This is a test. For the next sixty seconds this station will conduct a test of the emergency broadcast system. This is ONLY a test: BEEEEEEEEEEP
This has been a test of the emergency broadcast system. The broadcasters in your area, in voluntary co-operation with federal, state and local authorities, have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an emergency.
If this had been an actual emergency, the attention signal you just heard would have been followed by official information, news or instructions.
This concludes this test of the emergency broadcast system.
Last edited by AUdubon5425; 05-14-2010 at 03:24 AM.
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